b-Solutions Call for Proposals is now open until 30 April 2018

DG Regio and AEBR have announced the launch of the EU pilot initiative “b-solutions” online and in Bratislava during the third workshop of the series about Boosting Growth and Cohesion in EU Border Regions organized in various European location (previous two in Mérida and Copenhagen). The Call for Proposals is open as of 1 February until 30 April 2018 (14h00 CET).

AEBR manages the EU pilot initiative “b-solutions”, a 2-year project financed by the EU budget and promoted by the European Commission’s DG REGIO as one of the actions proposed in the Communication Boosting Growth and Cohesion in EU Border Regions. The general objective of b-solutions is to identify and promote sustainable methods of resolving border obstacles of a legal and/or administrative nature along EU internal land borders.

Public authorities should seize the opportunity offered by b-solutions to test effective ways —in the form of pilot actions— of overcoming border obstacles of a legal and/or administrative nature along EU internal land borders (including also the neighbouring EFTA countries) that can be replicable in other contexts. Each of these pilot actions must focus on one of the topics highlighted in the Communication and accompanying Staff Working Document, i.e. (1) employment, (2) health, (3) transport, (4) multi-lingualism and (5) institutional cooperation.

Each of these projects (actions) will have the objective of exploring one specific solution for one specific problem in one specific border. Projects will be implemented during a maximum period of 15 months.

The text of the Call for proposals, the application form and guidelines can be found in the b-solutions dedicated website: https://www.b-solutionsproject.com/

Contact: b-solutions@aebr.eu